An evaluation of the effects of broken cryptographic primitives on Bitcoin
The Bitcoin cryptocurrency relies heavily on a variety of cryptographic functions and operations, which are currently assumed to be secure, but will inevitably be broken in the future. As Bitcoin tries to compete against traditional currencies, it remains to be seen how the Bitcoin protocol will nee...
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Format: | Working paper |
Language: | English |
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2015
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